Dual sim KING OF DOUBLE CARD with MDA Compact

[wil]

Hi there,

Some time ago I purchased a KING OF DOUBLE CARD for my MDA Compact. It seems however that this card is not functioning in my PPC.

I am using a MDA Compact with the original T-Mobile ROM. I only partly installed the cabs because I wanted to get rid of the ugly T-mobile colours.

Could someone please provide me with some help?:

1st: does anyone make use of the KING OF DOUBLE CARD
2nd: What Rom do you have
3rd: Do I have to install something in addition?
etc etc.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Best regards

Wilfried

[dmmh]

dont know any answers, but I do have a question...how did you make it fit?
I thought it didnt fit in the HTC Magician....so I bought another and carved up my SIMs
works fine though, using Wivit SIm Status Switcher with it to switch SIMs..

you could try it, its a great app :)

[zerimar]

which model did you buy? what do you mean by "carved up my SIMS"?

[wwaveydave]

He probably means a ghost sim, where you cut the chips out of two sim cards and out them into the ghost sim which is normal sim size.

[wil]

Hi there,

It is a model where you don't have to cut your sims.
Yes you are right: it doesn't fit that easy however with some pressure on the back of the phone it fits.

The problem however is that my phone doesn't recognize the damn card.
I am cosidering to throw it away and take a second phone with me for the other SIM. Again waste of money. hmmmmm

Best regards

[wil]

Hi there,

It is a model where you don't have to cut your sims.
Yes you are right: it doesn't fit that easy however with some pressure on the back of the phone it fits.

The problem however is that my phone doesn't recognize the damn card.
I am cosidering to throw it away and take a second phone with me for the other SIM. Again waste of money. hmmmmm

Best regards

[wil]

Hi there,

It is a model where you don't have to cut your sims.
Yes you are right: it doesn't fit that easy however with some pressure on the back of the phone it fits.

The problem however is that my phone doesn't recognize the damn card.
I am cosidering to throw it away and take a second phone with me for the other SIM. Again waste of money. hmmmmm

Best regards

[vireman]

Hello all,

Just want to share some info, I use Almighty Bicard on my XDA mini, and it's working fine on it, just turn on your flight mode, then turn off your flight mode than you will get your second SIM.
Or you can use SIM master or SIM MAX, it can handled 8/12 SIM no. on 1 SIM card, but some time you have problem to scan your original SIM card.

Thanks, Vireman

[ishgrnod]

Can you point me to the specific dual sim you use??

I bought the ghost sim and couldn't get it to work, I tried on 4 old sim cards and decided not to cut up my work sim and personal sim.

I have been looking for the other typoes which take the full sim cards.

On another note it may not work because you will need to get the T-Mobile phone unlocked to work with another companies SIM.

My work sim is o2 and would only work after the MDA was unlocked.
You can phone T-Mobile ans they will send you the code to do this for £15.

[vireman]

Hallo ishgrnod,

I use Almighty Bicard, You need to cut your SIM chip and put it together on Almighty Bicard. It work like a switcher, If you restart your phone it will switch to another SIM.
Mostly in my country there no phone lock from the operator, I think your problem come from this side.

Thx. Vireman

[vijay555]

Isn't there a universal phone unlocker already on the forums?

I use this cut up dual sim in the UK:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6415916094&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

from this user:
http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=slam1416&iid=6415916094&frm=284

Works fine. Just have a steady hand when you cut, measure twice, cut once :)

I use an O2 contract and orange PAYG. Some reports say O2 contract doesn't work. Mine does, no problems.

V

[gazzrenn]

I bought a King Of Double Card for my MDA Compact. I cannot get it to fit at all. :cry:

I don't really want to chop up my SIM cards either :?


OK, UPDATE:

I got it to fit but the phone will not recognize the cards. I'm using WiViT SIM Status Switcher.

Can anyone suggest recommend a different tool ?

I'm on
ROM Version : 1.12.00 WWE
Radio : 1.12.10
ExtROM : 1.12.131 WWE

[vijay555]

WiViT isn't likely to be the problem - it just reads the operator from your network, and the sim phone number stored in your Sim; you may not have one stored in there (I bloody didn't and thought my EVC programming was at fault). See WiViT's faq, or basically open up Sim Manager on your phone.

But, ignore wivit, just ensure you can make a telephone call with either sim. Then, switch over with STK or flight mode off/on and see if you can make a call with the other Sim. If that works, then your problem is with WiViT. If it doesn't your problem is with the sims. See my other posts on these cut up sims - basically, i think Magician doesn't put enough pressure on the back of the "mini sims", and you need to stick some paper down the back of the metal sleave.

V


PS See the thread on Magician today screens to see my Wivit type software... :P

[gazzrenn]

Hey V, thanks for the advice...

My problem was down to the single SIM end of the Dual SIM not making contact with the connectors in the phone. I have the King Of Double Card Type, as shown in my crude mockup below. ( I dont dare take mine out to take a picture since it took me all evening to get it in right. So please excuse the picture.)

WiViT is working perfectly now, i made sure my own numbers were stored correctly as you suggested, and all is well.

The only problem is, the back of my MDAc is slightly out...but i can live with that i guess (until the MDA Pro (HTC Universal) is released)

8)